SNAP food benefits could restart as early as Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday morning. Two federal judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island ruled on Friday that the Trump administration must use emergency funds to pay SNAP benefits, which help feed 42 million Americans, during the government shutdown.

It's not clear when millions of families will get November SNAP benefits, even after judges ruled the government needs to make partial payments.

With federal SNAP benefits set to run out this weekend amid the government shutdown, states are stepping in to help low-income families who risk going hungry. Here's what each state is doing and how to find meals if your benefits end November 1.

Long lines have formed at food pantries across the U.S. as federal food benefits were cut off due to the government shutdown.

Some 42 million recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will have to wait for them to be restored after losing them on Saturday.

On Saturday, some 42 million low-income Americans, including 16 million children, lost access to benefits through the SNAP program as the government shutdown continues.

Metro Detroit families who depend on SNAP benefits are turning to food banks and pantries as government assistance remains uncertain during the ongoing federal government shutdown.

Floridians will not be receiving SNAP benefits in November, the USDA - which is funded by the U.S. government and impacted by the government shutdown -- said. The USDA said, "The well has run dry."

SNAP benefits are expected to resume after congressional lawmakers pass a bill funding the federal government, which will end the current shutdown. Currently, Republican and Democratic lawmakers are at a stalemate, having failed to advance any proposed legislation to reopen the government.

Michigan joined a multi-state lawsuit seeking federal contingency funds for SNAP benefits amid the government shutdown.